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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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